Shopping apps add to lure of holidays

4:52 PM,
Nov. 15, 2012

Written by

Macro Santana
| The Des Moines Register

Shoppers at Apple Stores everywhere can skirt around sales people by scanning purchases using a smartphone, avoiding checkout altogether. Some drug store patrons can now refill prescriptions with a quick scan of their empty pill bottle.

You no longer must wait for a mailer to arrive or go online to see a store's latest holiday deals, because they will come directly to your smartphone through a store's mobile app.